HC Deb 20 December 1946 vol 431 cc453-4W
Mr. Lambert

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the names of persons liable to serve on a jury or grand jury are no longer indicated on the electoral register.

Mr. Ede

As the electoral register is now compiled from national registration records instead of by means of a canvass, eligibility for jury service cannot be ascertained when the register is printed. Accordingly separate arrangements are provided under the Elections and Jurors Act, 1945, for the compilation of the jurors book. These arrangements require individual notification to a person on the first occasion on which he is to be marked as liable for jury service.